Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, February 28,2013

Bloody good fruit

True, the name is a little off-putting. And their exterior, mottled with vermilion and/or brownish purple, sometimes looks more like a nasty bruise rather than something good to eat. But the first sig

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, February 21,2013

Winning winter salads

By Julianne Glatz

These days, people eat salads throughout the year with ingredients that used to be available only seasonally. But salads geared to cold weather are particularly satisfying when the temperature dips an

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, February 14,2013

Quality brews at Grab-a-Java

By Julianne Glatz

There’s coffee and then there’s coffee. It ranges from gas station black swill you buy at 1 a.m. solely to push through the last hour of an extended road trip to fragrant ambrosia made fro

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, January 31,2013

Braising ’round the world

By Julianne Glatz

Americans think of braised dishes – those delectable concoctions of long-simmered ingredients surrounded by, but not submerged in, liquids – as quintessentially American or (primarily West

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, January 24,2013

Surprise!

By Julianne Glatz

We Glatzs have a long history of throwing surprise parties, largely due to my husband, Peter.For my first birthday after our wedding, for days ahead he’d get up after I’d fallen asleep, ro

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, January 17,2013

Motown’s green makeover

“When everything collapses, plant your field of dreams”

By Julianne Glatz

There have been thousands and thousands of words written and spoken about Detroit’s auto bailout. On Jan. 15, the fifth annual Slow Food Springfield Film Festival will feature Urban Roots a docu

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, January 10,2013

Deborah Madison’s recipe for what’s hot in vegetables

By Julianne Glatz

It’s a sure bet that every year around this time, I’ll be pulling Deborah Madison’s Vegetable Soups from my cookbook shelves. There’s just something so right about vegetable-ba

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, January 3,2013

2012 was the best and worst of years

By Julianne Glatz

2012: It’s been the best of years; it’s been the worst of years. At my life’s end, I doubt I’ll be able to look at another year that contained so many highs and lows. There was

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, December 20,2012

Most detested holiday tradition made delectable

By Julianne Glatz

Does anyone like fruitcake? You know, that stuff with the candied fruits: green and red glacéed cherries and candied citron peel with a half-life equal to that of uranium. For me, the citron is

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, December 6,2012

German Christmas traditions: Fröhliche Weihnachten!

By Julianne Glatz

Deutschland may not be “über alles,” but German Christmas traditions are deeply ingrained in American yuletide celebrations. Many are centuries old, such as festooning the house with